varicolored

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
馬 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

爻 sound component

  Sound component

yáo

  

diagrams for divination

Evolution

駁 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
駁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
駁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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varicolored, variegated; mixed; contradict, argue; suddenly; variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)

Most common words with 駁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驳回

to reject

反驳

to retort

variegated

驳斥

to refute

辩驳

to dispute